White Room Quiz - Wed 05 Aug 2020 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎05-08-2020

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2Karl

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

PEOPLE PLACES SCIENCE [one question on Chemistry; one on Biology] WORDS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time;

but, for the first time, one of the questions is an "Odd-One-Out"

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?

Q2 [PLACE - 1] What is the county town of Buckinghamshire ?

Q3 [SCIENCE - 1 CHEMISTRY] Which of these is the "odd one out" and is NOT an element in the periodic table -

Einsteinium Newtonium Rutherfordium Californium

Q4 [WORDS - 1] What did a scrivener do ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Marvin Lee Aday is better known as which rock singer ?

Q6 [PLACES - 2] Which province/territory of Canada is between Manitoba and Quebec ?

Q7 [SCIENCE - 2 BIOLOGY] Axilla is the medical term for which part of the human body ?

Q8 [WORDS - 2] What type of word is a neologism ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 05 Aug] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 06 Aug]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 07 August.

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 05 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 06 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 06 August will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-08-2020

Thank you @MI5

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @jonsie

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-08-2020

Gentle reminder to our regulars

@gmarkj @Anonymous @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB @O2Karl

and any member who would like to take part with the quiz

you still have plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thursday] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you. Good luck.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Martin-O2 · ‎06-08-2020

Thanks for the reminder @Mi-Amigo! Answers sent.

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LukasB · ‎06-08-2020

Sorry sorry @Mi-Amigo thanks for reminding - sending my answers now!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎06-08-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Marjo

pm with your eight answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-08-2020

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎07-08-2020

And the Community awaits, with bated breath... Who are the stars this Friday? ✨⭐👍

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-08-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?

A1 Robert Kennedy

Q2 [PLACE - 1] What is the county town of Buckinghamshire ?

A2 Aylesbury

Q3 [SCIENCE - 1 CHEMISTRY] Which of these is the "odd one out" and is NOT an element in the periodic table -

Einsteinium Newtonium Rutherfordium Californium

A3 Newtonium - fictious

Q4 [WORDS - 1] What did a scrivener do ?

A4 write

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Marvin Lee Aday is better known as which rock singer ?

A5 Meatloaf

Q6 [PLACES - 2] Which province/territory of Canada is between Manitoba and Quebec ?

A6 Ontario

Q7 [SCIENCE - 2 BIOLOGY] Axilla is the medical term for which part of the human body ?

A7 armpit

Q8 [WORDS - 2] What type of word is a neologism ?

A8 a new word, or old word with new meaning

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-08-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 Sir BobaFett - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 make tea - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 adjective - incorrect

Total: 3 for three correct answers

@LukasB

Q1 Kennedy - but didn`t specify which, so will award half star for part correct answer

Q2 Buckingham - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 Chinese Emperor - incorrect Q2 Leeds - incorrect Q3 Californium - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 singer with Slipknot - incorrect Q6 Vancouver - incorrect

Q7 neck - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

Total: two for two correct answers

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-08-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @pgn

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

Red Thinker + + half star = for five correct answers + one part correct - @LukasB

= for three correct answers - @Martin-O2

= for two correct answers - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie

Well done @pgn - Bronze Thinker + @gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@O2Karl - Red Thinker + + half star

@Martin-O2 ; @Marjo -

All those taking part were awarded, at least, two

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in the next White Room Quiz on Monday.

Over the weekend, I will choose eight questions - with two questions from each of these categories -

NATURE ART [one on paintings; one on sculptures] SPORT

and two of the ever-popular ODD questions - one on colours; one on logos

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.